The Washington critic., 1887-05-02
A CONTINENTAL STATESMAN.

important pr, ject his craftsmanship.
eloquence and diplomacy have been
freely used in calling public attention
10 the transceudeut importance of more
intimate commercial, social and politi.
cal relations between the several sister
nations of the Three Americas, which
idea is the crrnrr..tuuc of the Ceuteu-
nial Exposiipn movement.
A year ago WHEN ,hr project was
first announced nNur public. hewrule,
believe the plans a'd puT ofc., such as
de, crlbcd aNd laid dpNuin yuHr accompany
Ing draft. are emf euiiyc 't'ird tutnc patron
fgo and heartfelt .ympltui,e ufnll lour Re lI5-
lies and citiZ,n- ui the American system, and
that tie Roth anniversary vi Columbus dts
covcfy ui the Ncw Wurid could not hr better
ceiei rated than by tie inauguration Of this
exposition In tli' great metropolis, where all
The nations OF the Amer an family would b.
found, gs IL Were, clustered together arounl
tie Washington Monument.
AT the Exposition National Couven.
tion In December his eloquence in
advocacy of this movement made
marked impression, and u distinguished
orator present very appropriately
characterized him as grand old
man"
A few days ago, in letter to the
secretary of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association" of Baltimore,
he paid the following further and elo-
Quent tribute to this great work;
| have been explicit, from the beginning of
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miration and faith in its final success, and the
benefit to be derived by all the several Com
monwealths of our vast hemisphere. Tie
contemplated Permanent Exposition of all
the natural and Industrial products of our
sections believe will naturally result In the
organization OF a vast continental museum,
where ready and accurate exhibits will at
once be found, giving most practical ideas Of
the resources and development of eac coun
try in particular and of all in general. be-
lieve the advantages of this general display
Of the treasures of nature and art In our
whole America deserves the full support and
earnest, unanimous concurrence OF every
government aud Commonwealth within its
vast territorial extension. have given and
am ready to give my full support to the con-
templated Exposition and TO its final success,
tf which, entertain no doubt whatever. |
understand that the representatives of all the
South American Republics have referred and
recommended this subject TO their respective
governments,
Our deep regret ut the departure OF
this truly continental statesman is In a
measure relieved by the assurance thar
lie will, In South America continue to
lend the weight of his eloquence and
influence in behalf of the Three Amer
ica's Exposition. We wish him health,
happiness and prosperity in his new
field of duty,
THE meeting of California Pioneers,
ct Willard's Saturday evening, was
cXrectedly large, as will be seen by
the report of the proceedings, and the
interest manifested in the proposed re-
union and organization leaves no
further doubt of most gratifying
success. 1t Is matter of pleas.
urable surprise that so many of the
Forty miners '-men who personally
assisted, as 1t were, in laying the foun-
dations Of State now thirty.seven
years In the union-should still be mum.
bercd among the resident population
of Washington and 1t may safely be
said that the pioneers of no other State
ever passed through similarly peculiar
and eventful experience. The early
history of California carries us long
way back. The act of Congress ad.
mitting the new State antedates the
Fugitive Slave Jaw of 1850 1t was
eleven years before the firing on Fort
Sumter A great war has since been
fought, and now even the war has
vanished into the dim past. What tre-
mcndous events have been wrought in
the last quarter of century; yet, men
who actively figured in the annals Of
the Pacific Slope a decade of years
before the booming of the first gun of
the Second Revolution, are still among
us, with the promise of long life be-
fore them Time moves rapidly. 1t
cuts wide swaths and 1t cuts them clean;
yet, 1t has certainly dealt gently
with these survivors Of one of
the most important and picturesque
periods In our National progress, as
though grateful for their services ami
tender of their memories.
THE blood of the martyrs is the seed
of the church; whom the gods would
destroy they first make mad; they who
sow to the wind shall reap the whirl-
wind. We are prompted to repeti-
tion of these familiar aphorisms by the
late assassination of DR.. Norlhup of
Ohio, who died like the Rev Mr.. Had
dock Of Iowa, ut the hands of the
liquor selling interest which he had ag-
gressively and persistently antagnuiZed.
These men were both murdered because
they were Prohibitionsts aud had
made enemies by the violence of their
assaults upon the WHISKY traffic. They
were both extreme and radical in their
views. They doubtless said and did
much TO irritatc and inname the mea
against whose business they made war
They were probably indiscreet In the
methods of their warfare-but they
were not criminal. They had done
nothing TO forfeit their lives, and the
murderers who put them TO violent
death can plead no mitigating cIrcum-
stances. The cause which the
murderers represent can never recover
the strength that 1t had nor find the
came federation In the law. There was
time when 1t was thought that Aboli-
tionism could be squelched with rotten